takitaki

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === taki-taki takie-takie === Etymology === First attested in 1888. Pseudo-loan from Sranan Tongo, possibly from English talkee-talkee (“creole language, especially in the Guianas”), influenced by Sranan Tongo takitaki (“to jabber, to chatter”). Not attested as an endonym. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌtɑkiˈtɑki/ Hyphenation: ta‧ki‧ta‧ki === Proper noun === takitaki n (chiefly Netherlands, dated, derogatory, offensive) Sranan Tongo (an English-based creole language and lingua franca in Suriname) Synonyms: Sranantongo, Sranan, Surinaams Creools (dated, rare), Surinaams (Netherlands, proscribed in Suriname), Negerengels (obsolete, possibly offensive) ==== Usage notes ==== According to the official spelling rules of the Dutch Language Union, subjective or derogatory proper names of languages and ethnicities are written in lowercase instead of with a capital letter. == Māori == === Etymology === Reduplication of taki “to plant or stick in the ground, stake, pole” === Noun === takitaki fence, palisade, barricade, stockade Synonym: pā === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “takitaki”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 434 “takitaki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN. == Tagalog == === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /takiˈtaki/ [t̪ɐ.xɪˈt̪aː.xɪ] Rhymes: -aki Syllabification: ta‧ki‧ta‧ki === Noun === takitaki (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜒᜆᜃᜒ) (uncommon) imagination Synonyms: haraya, imahinasyon, akala, pag-aakala, haka-haka, haka, hagap, hinagap === Anagrams === kiat-kiat